It really is time these liars (usually after money or attention - sometimes genuinely confused - often simply exaggerating) were prosecuted and their enablers jailed. The criminals leaping on a catchy slogan bandwagon (#MeToo... #BlackLivesMatter... #TakeBackControl) must start being prosecuted and jailed. Criminals like the IICSA who brazenly refuse to investigate the vast empire of False Allegations whilst pretending to examine sex abuse must be jailed for intentionally trying to deceive by relying on people like Peter Saunders (ex NAPAC) - enablers making millions until exposed.

There will be some genuine victims who will suffer from this - like the many genuine victims of false accusers and their enablers. But it has to be done. Once those placed in charge are so incompetent (it's usually incompetence, not corruption - the Saunders and bent cops and crooked lawyers are few but cunning) that they can actually damage the innocent with their misguided and misinformed actions, we, as a society, are encouraging miscarriages of justice.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63338929

Everyone in the entertainment world had heard the rumours about Spacey - that he was a closet gay and a pushy queen. But not a rapist. Like Jimmy Savile - most knew he liked "young girls" and knew he was never so stupid as to break the law (a "young girl" can be aged 16-18). He cared too much about his career.

Yes many of us think being "pushy" is naughty and people should be taught that a kick in the balls rejects most unwanted advances but it is not - and WAS not, rape.

JK2006 wrote:
Everyone in the entertainment world had heard the rumours about Spacey - that he was a closet gay and a pushy queen. But not a rapist. Like Jimmy Savile - most knew he liked "young girls" and knew he was never so stupid as to break the law (a "young girl" can be aged 16-18). He cared too much about his career.

Yes many of us think being "pushy" is naughty and people should be taught that a kick in the balls rejects most unwanted advances but it is not - and WAS not, rape.

Am I alone in thinking that Rolf Harris was guilty of nothing more than behaving as people behaved in the 70s? The evidence from his trial seemed ludicrous, accusers not even being to name the city in which the alleged event took place, etc.

It’s heartbreaking to see him and his wife ostracised and in poor health, barely able to show their faces given all the joy Rolf brought to people over decades.

UK_Mets wrote:
Am I alone in thinking that Rolf Harris was guilty of nothing more than behaving as people behaved in the 70s? The evidence from his trial seemed ludicrous, accusers not even being to name the city in which the alleged event took place, etc.

It’s heartbreaking to see him and his wife ostracised and in poor health, barely able to show their faces given all the joy Rolf brought to people over decades.
You're probably not alone in thinking that, though I'm not sure if men in the 1970s generally did go around molesting women or if that's just the impression created by all the allegations against elderly celebs. If you only met a celeb briefly and/or in public (or didn't), an allegation of groping is about as much as would be plausible, though funnily enough eyes, still cameras and film cameras never seem to have been fixed on the celeb at the time (well, there was that TOTP video of Jimmy Savile and the squirming young woman, but I'm not aware of anything with Rolf Harris). But if you do think that any of the allegations against Rolf Harris were true, I suggest you read the book published in May by the private detective, William Merritt, a former New Zealand police detective, who worked with Rolf Harris's new defence team (headed by Stephen Vullo KC) in his second and third trials (acquitted/undecided jury) and appeal (one count overturned, i.e. the allegation that Rolf Harris molested a 7/8-year-old in an autograph queue (total invention, she had never even met him); sadly time and finances apparently didn't allow for William Merritt to thoroughly investigate the other allegations from the first trial, though he does address them in the book).

The paperback is only 10 pounds on Amazon and appears to be free on kindle. It has many five-star reviews from verified purchasers. It's well written and eye-opening.

Rolf Harris: The Defence Team’s Special Investigator reveals the Truth behind the Trials

Interview with William Merritt about the book